Emily Carr University announces $400,000 donation from the RBC Emerging Artists Project
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Emily Carr University announces $400,000 donation from the RBC Emerging Artists Project
Vancouver, BC May 27, 2014 | Emily Carr University gratefully announces a milestone donation of $400,000 from the RBC Emerging Artists Project. This gift brings RBC’s total contribution to Emily Carr University’s THE BIG IDEA capital campaign to $500,000. This is the largest investment that a financial institution has ever made in support of the University.
On Friday, May 2nd, Emily Carr University hosted Vancouver’s most notable philanthropists and creative economy leaders for a spectacular evening celebrating creativity, our greatest natural resource! Our University’s purpose is to transform creativity in art, design and media into an infinite spectrum of possibilities for our culture as well as for our economy. With such an ambitious mandate, the University has numerous contributors to recognize and thank for their ongoing support. To do just that, on May 2nd, we hosted three distinct yet simultaneous cultural events which mingled festivities for: the launch of 
